Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]
TACITUSFear is not in the habit of speaking truth.
More Tacitus Quotes
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In valor there is hope.
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Cassius and Brutus were the more distinguished for that very circumstance that their portraits were absent.
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The sciences throw an inexpressible grace over our compositions, even where they are not immediately concerned; as their effects are discernible where we least expect to find them.
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Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]
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It is a principle of human nature to hate those whom we have injured.
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It is the nature of the human disposition to hate him whom you have injured.
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Who the first inhabitants of Britain were, whether natives or immigrants, remains obscure; one must remember we are dealing with barbarians.
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None grieve so ostentatiously as those who rejoice most in heart. [Lat., Nulla jactantius moerent quam qui maxime laetantur.]
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Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.
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All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.
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The love of dominion is the most engrossing passion.
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[That form of] eloquence, the foster-child of licence, which fools call liberty. [Lat., Eloquentia, alumna licentiae, quam stulti libertatem vocabant.]
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Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
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All bodies are slow in growth but rapid in decay.
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Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.
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